The Furness update is named after the British soldier Christopher Furness

Unveiling a video, Reto-Moto announced that a new update for Heroes & Generals is now live adding more than 600 new battlefields to the game's War Map. In addition, the Soviet faction gets a Tank destroyer, Heavy and Medium Tank and the US faction receives a Tank destroyer and Heavy Tank to balance out the German faction's previous surplus of tanks. Players will also experience a faster Rank Progression as the experience points needed to reach Rank 4-12 have been reduced by more than 50 percent.The Furness – Fist of Steel update also contains a batch of new weapon skins, new vehicle camouflage skins and lots of small UI changes for the War Map.